Test Match #812 Standard Scorecard     
1977-1978 Australia v India - 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
30th December, 1977
 
Australia 213 & 164
India 256 & 343
India won by 222 runs

 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c †Rixon b Thomson 0  9  0  0 0.00
Chetandra Chauhan c Mann b Clark 0  6  0  0 0.00
Mohinder Amarnath c Simpson b Clark 72  178  3  0 40.45 28.13%
Gundappa Viswanath c †Rixon b Thomson 59  95  4  0 62.11 23.05%
Dillip Vengsarkar c Simpson b Thomson 37  88  2  0 42.05 14.45%
Ashok Mankad c Clark b Gannon 44  100  1  0 44.00 17.19%
Syed Kirmani lbw b Simpson 29  62  1  0 46.77 11.33%
Karsan Ghavri c †Rixon b Gannon 6  20  0  0 30.00 2.34%
Erapally Prasanna b Clark 0  1  0  0 0.00
Bishen Bedi* not out 2  1  0  0 200.00 0.78%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Clark 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, nb 4) 7  
Total All Out   (69.2 overs @ 3.69 rpo) 256
Fall of Wickets
 
1-0 Chauhan, 2-0 Gavaskar, 3-105 Viswanath, 4-174 Vengsarkar, 5-180 Amarnath,
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6-234 Kirmani, 7-254 Ghavri, 8-254 Mankad, 9-256 Prasanna, 10-256 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Jeff Thomson 16.0 2 78 3 4.88 30.00
Wayne Clark 19.2 2 73 4 3.78 40.00
John Gannon 14.0 2 47 2 3.36 20.00
Gary Cosier 12.0 3 25 0 2.08
Bob Simpson 3.0 1 11 1 3.67 10.00
Anthony Mann 5.0 1 15 0 3.00
 
 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Dyson b Ghavri 0  2  0  0 0.00
Gary Cosier c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 67  101  9  0 66.34 31.46%
David Ogilvie lbw b Ghavri 6  10  0  0 60.00 2.82%
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 85  170  8  0 50.00 39.91%
Bob Simpson* c Mankad b Chandrasekhar 2  3  0  0 66.67 0.94%
Peter Toohey c Viswanath b Bedi 14  36  1  0 38.89 6.57%
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Bedi 11  12  1  0 91.67 5.16%
Steve Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar 11  49  1  0 22.45 5.16%
Wayne Clark lbw b Chandrasekhar 3  15  0  0 20.00 1.41%
Jeff Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 0  2  0  0 0.00
John Gannon not out 0  2  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 7, nb 1) 14  
Total All Out   (50.1 overs @ 4.25 rpo) 213
Fall of Wickets
 
1-0 Dyson, 2-18 Ogilvie, 3-122 Cosier, 4-124 Simpson, 5-166 Toohey, 6-178 Mann,
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7-202 Rixon, 8-211 Serjeant, 9-211 Clark, 10-213 Thomson
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 9.0 0 37 2 4.11 20.00
Sunil Gavaskar 2.0 0 7 0 3.50
Bishen Bedi 15.0 2 71 2 4.73 20.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 14.1 2 52 6 3.67 60.00
Erapally Prasanna 10.0 1 32 0 3.20
 
 
India   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Serjeant b Gannon 118  285  12  0 41.40 34.40%
Chetandra Chauhan run out 20  27  2  0 74.07 5.83%
Syed Kirmani c Thomson b Mann 29  62  2  0 46.77 8.45%
Gundappa Viswanath lbw b Clark 54  94  4  0 57.45 15.74%
Dillip Vengsarkar c Cosier b Clark 6  20  0  0 30.00 1.75%
Ashok Mankad b Clark 38  84  2  0 45.24 11.08%
Mohinder Amarnath b Cosier 41  100  3  0 41.00 11.95%
Karsan Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 6  10  1  0 60.00 1.75%
Erapally Prasanna c †Rixon b Gannon 11  23  1  0 47.83 3.21%
Bishen Bedi* not out 12  12  0  0 100.00 3.50%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar lbw b Cosier 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 1, nb 7) 8  
Total All Out   (88.7 overs @ 3.85 rpo) 343
Fall of Wickets
 
1-40 Chauhan, 2-89 Kirmani, 3-187 Viswanath, 4-198 Vengsarkar, 5-265 Gavaskar,
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6-286 Mankad, 7-294 Ghavri, 8-315 Prasanna, 9-343 Amarnath, 10-343 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Jeff Thomson 18.0 4 47 0 2.61
Wayne Clark 29.0 3 96 4 3.31 40.00
John Gannon 22.0 4 88 2 4.00 20.00
Gary Cosier 12.7 2 58 2 4.41 20.00
Bob Simpson 3.0 0 22 0 7.33
Anthony Mann 4.0 0 24 1 6.00 10.00
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings  (target 387)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Dyson lbw b Bedi 12  31  1  0 38.71 7.32%
Gary Cosier b Chandrasekhar 34  55  0  0 61.82 20.73%
David Ogilvie c Chauhan b Bedi 0  4  0  0 0.00
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 17  41  1  0 41.46 10.37%
Bob Simpson* lbw b Chandrasekhar 4  7  0  0 57.14 2.44%
Peter Toohey c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 14  53  0  0 26.42 8.54%
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 18  56  1  1 32.14 10.98%
Steve Rixon c & b Chandrasekhar 12  49  0  0 24.49 7.32%
Wayne Clark c Ghavri b Bedi 33  60  3  0 55.00 20.12%
Jeff Thomson c & b Bedi 7  46  0  0 15.22 4.27%
John Gannon not out 3  8  0  0 37.50 1.83%
Extras (b 6, lb 4) 10  
Total All Out   (51.1 overs @ 3.21 rpo) 164
Fall of Wickets
 
1-42 Dyson, 2-42 Ogilvie, 3-52 Cosier, 4-60 Simpson, 5-77 Serjeant, 6-98 Toohey,
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7-115 Mann, 8-122 Rixon, 9-151 Thomson, 10-164 Clark
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 4.0 0 29 0 7.25
Bishen Bedi 16.1 5 58 4 3.59 40.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 20.0 3 52 6 2.60 60.00
Erapally Prasanna 8.0 4 5 0 0.63
Mohinder Amarnath 3.0 0 10 0 3.33
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1977-1978 Australia v India - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #812
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - India 1st innings 234/6 (AV Mankad 30*)
Day 2 - India 2nd innings 50/1 (SM Gavaskar 25*, SMH Kirmani 5*)
Day 3 - India 2nd innings 234/4 (SM Gavaskar 103*, AV Mankad 15*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 123/8 (WM Clark 2*, JR Thomson 0*)
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 164, 51.1 overs - end of match